Another Medieval Mystery Sword?

[Lee]

Reventlov's recognition above of pommel features in common with documented English isolated finds may very well have initiated recognition of a new localized British variant of Viking Age sword.

This type appears to be characterized by:

• A hollow pommel of cast copper alloy...
• with five lobes, the central being dominant...
• that is secured by an exposed peened tang at the top of the central lobe.
• An upper guard (pommel bar) curving away from the grip...
• and an oppositely but similarly curved cross guard.

On the basis of the curved guards, this type most closely resembles Peterson's type L or Z while the dominant central lobe recalls type S.

Tomáš Vlasatý has prepared an excellent detailed analysis of this sword comparing it with similar examples and also reviewing where it stands within several classification systems.